WHERE THE NEW SOUTH CHALLENGES THE OLD
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Finlay Photograph by Iadwin L. Wisnerc
RED SNAPPERS CAUGHT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO EIGHT MILES FROM MOBILE
Many fishing boats from our Gulf ports go as far as the coast of Yucatan for snappers. In
addition to its importance as a market source of fish, shrimp, and oysters, Mobile Bay is frequented
by many devotees of hook and line. Each August Alabamians gather here for a big-fish contest
known locally as the " Deep Sea Rodeo."